Voluntary Half-Zombie

The normal zombie, as of now, has no function for the reload key. My thought is that holding it down for, say, five seconds would allow a zombie to split into the torso- maybe executing the same animation as a stumble, followed by a break. Due to the tiny jump height torsos get, they wouldn’t be able to exploit holes higher up in barricades.

Maybe not the most game-changing update, but it would make cading a level’s vents and other map-based crab holes more important, and give the human team a reason to keep a line of sight to the very base of their barricade ( For Example, when cading with couches to block off a hallway. The five second execution time would prevent accidental execution and make it only used deliberately, for a specific purpose such as exploiting weaknesses in a randomly cobbled together barricade.

I’ve heard ZS regulars wish they could do this at times, and I’ve returned the sentiment. Just something to ponder.

The normal zombie, as of now, has no function for the reload key. My thought is that holding it down for, say, five seconds would allow a zombie to split into the torso- maybe executing the same animation as a stumble, followed by a break. Due to the tiny jump height torsos get, they wouldn’t be able to exploit holes higher up in barricades.

Maybe not the most game-changing update, but it would make cading a level’s vents and other map-based crab holes more important, and give the human team a reason to keep a line of sight to the very base of their barricade ( For Example, when cading with couches to block off a hallway. The five second execution time would prevent accidental execution and make it only used deliberately, for a specific purpose such as exploiting weaknesses in a randomly cobbled together barricade.

I’ve heard ZS regulars wish they could do this at times, and I’ve returned the sentiment. Just something to ponder.

The only thing a torso is good for is to bring down a barricade with a blind spot. If there is no blind spot then the torso is an easy kill, along with being an easy kill that move’s slow and can’t jump with 40 health.

I like the move towards giving every zombie a special mouse2 ability.
fasties lunge, poisons shoot/throw poison, wraiths scream.

You hold mouse2 as normal zombie to break into just a torso, which halves your current health.
Advantages are chasing down humans (torsos move faster), attacking a cade from a blind spot.
Disadvantages include you do less damage as torso, no revive chance, and you are more likely to be shot (humans always prioritise torso zombies hoping for easy points).